Book IV
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Book IV is the concluding section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," in which he develops his influential theory of knowledge, including the nature, extent, and limits of human understanding.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book IV canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T447416 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book IV Context triple: [An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, hasPart, Book IV]
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Book IV
Book IV is the concluding section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he further develops his ideas on sovereignty, civil religion, and the functioning of a legitimate political community.
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Book III
Book III is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" that focuses on the nature, use, and limitations of language in human knowledge.
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Book III
Book III is the section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract* that focuses on the nature, forms, and functioning of government in relation to the sovereign people.
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Book III
Book III is a section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, continuing its humorous mock-historical narrative of the city’s early days.
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Book V
Book V is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "Principles of Political Economy" that focuses on the role and functions of government within an economic system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book IV Target entity description: Book IV is the concluding section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," in which he develops his influential theory of knowledge, including the nature, extent, and limits of human understanding.
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A.
Book IV
Book IV is the concluding section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he further develops his ideas on sovereignty, civil religion, and the functioning of a legitimate political community.
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B.
Book III
Book III is the section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract* that focuses on the nature, forms, and functioning of government in relation to the sovereign people.
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C.
Book III
Book III is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" that focuses on the nature, use, and limitations of language in human knowledge.
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D.
Book III
Book III is a section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, continuing its humorous mock-historical narrative of the city’s early days.
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E.
Book V
Book V is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "Principles of Political Economy" that focuses on the role and functions of government within an economic system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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philosophical text ⓘ |
| argues |
human knowledge is limited
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much of our belief is based on probability rather than certainty ⓘ we can have certain knowledge only in some domains ⓘ |
| author | John Locke ⓘ |
| belongsToPhilosophicalTradition | early modern empiricism ⓘ |
| centralTheme | what can be known and with what degree of assurance ⓘ |
| concludingSectionOf | An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ |
| contains | Locke’s mature epistemology ⓘ |
| discusses |
certainty
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degrees of assent ⓘ faith and reason ⓘ knowledge of the existence of God ⓘ knowledge of the external world ⓘ probability ⓘ relations of ideas and matters of fact ⓘ |
| examines |
extent of human knowledge
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limits of human knowledge ⓘ nature of human knowledge ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAsPartOf |
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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surface form:
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689)
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| focusesOn | theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| genre | epistemology ⓘ |
| influenced |
Enlightenment philosophy
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later empiricist epistemology ⓘ |
| partOf | An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| structure | divided into chapters ⓘ |
| workAddressedTo | learned readers of early modern Europe ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage | English ⓘ |
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Subject: Book IV Description of subject: Book IV is the concluding section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," in which he develops his influential theory of knowledge, including the nature, extent, and limits of human understanding.
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